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Spain Pledges €615 Million Ukraine Arms Package With IRIS‑T Missiles

Zelensky's Madrid stop advances defense‑industrial ties through EU, NATO financing.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Spain will approve the package within a month, allocating €300 million under the bilateral security agreement, €100 million via NATO’s PURL mechanism, and €215 million through the EU SAFE instrument.
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky said the package includes 40 missiles for IRIS‑T air defense systems, addressing urgent winter air-defense needs.
  • Ukraine and Spain signed five documents covering counter‑disinformation, tourism, technical and financial cooperation, broader economic and financial mechanisms, and industrial cooperation in security and defense.
  • Spanish companies Escribano and Tecnove signed an industrial cooperation memorandum with Ukraine’s Praktika following Zelensky’s meeting with representatives of 13 defense firms at Indra’s facilities.
  • One outlet reported a further €202 million for reconstruction, and Spain will run a joint UN project to rebuild Sumy’s centralized heating system for about €2 million.